The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-06
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.

among the drops III various ES1tS
of the State.
GEORGIA
Gen. George S. Black, of Augusta was
buried Wednesday.
At GAINESVILLE the high water has carried
away the bridge, DAM race, dye house, etc,
of the Seque wooden mills
The Empire Lumber Company will in a
few days commence the erection of three
large dry kilns at their mills near Frazier.
The tax of Houston county for 1887, as
assessed by the County Commissioners,
for county purposes amounts to Sl2,5S1 Oo.
Col L. A. Hall has been employed TO de-
fend James Osburn, of Wilkinson county
charged with the murder of Isaac Collins
He succeeded In having Osburn admitted to
bail.
A fine shepherd dog, belonging to B. p
Blanton, of Griffin, attempted suicide Tues
day night by jumping from the second story
veranda. The cause is supposed TO be the
illness of its master.
During the flood thousands of the finest
wateInelons drifted down the river. At
Princeton Factory, Athens, a sein was
stretched across the stream and a great
many melons were caught.
Within the next three weeks the Dalton
Touring mills will begin work, operating
the new roller process. A large force of
workmen are engaged in rapidly placing the
new machinery in position.
The wheat yield in Whitfield county,
though not as large acreage seeded down as
usual, was a remarkably heavy one, and
more has been brought to market thus far
this year than for a number of years past.
Chattanoogans are arranging to build a
dummy railroad from the nearest point on
the Western and Atlantic road to Catoosa
Springs. This would make the springs more
convenient of access, and increase their
popularity as resort.
The heavy rain which fell on last Tues
day night caused break in the milldam of
Knox Bros, near Alcova, and their fine
pond was reduced to the run of the creek
About forty feet of the dam was carried
away, which is quite heavy loss.
In Clarke county the injury to crops by
the rain aud high water is fully as serious
as thought ON bottom land, but upland corn
and cotton are not seriously impaired Our
farmers will reap much better crops than
they did last year, in spite of this drawback
The saw mill of NJ. A. Walker & Co,
located in Pond Town district, Dodge
county, was destroyed by fire on Wednas-
day night last. The fire is supposed to have
been the work of an incendiary. The loss
is heavy, with no insurance. The mill will
be rebuilt and in operation within few
weeks.
The freshet played havoc with Pope Wat
sons crop, up the river from Hawtinsville
on the Chauncey farm. He had thirty acres
or more of corn that promised a yield of
thirty bushels per acre, nearly all OF which
is now covered with water In addition to
this, nearly all of his fencing has been
washed away.
Capt. p Z. Boyd, of Leary, was in Daw-
son last Sunday He stated that three re-
liable gentlemen rode over and closely in
spected Primus Jones' cotton fields three
weeks after his first bale had been pulled,
and that not an open boil of cotton nor a
burr from which cotton had been picked
could be found ON all his premises.
Extensive preparations are being made
for a reunion of the surviving members of
the companies from Lincoln county who
fought in the war between the States. The
reunion will take place at Lincolnton on
Aug II, when a big barbecue will be given.
All the old veterans from the adjoining
counties have been invited to attend also.
Ben Murphy, a colored lad about 13 years
old, suffered a serious accident on Saturday
afternoon lest while attempting to jump
from fiat car on the Amoskeag tram road,
few miles from Eastman. The boy jumped
from the train while it was in motion and
by some means fell beneath the ponderous
wheels literally crushing his left leg just
below the knee joint.
Quite a curious incident happened in the
store of c. II. Moore, at Perry, one day last
week. Just one week before he had pur-
chased a lot of eggs and had them in a
bowl in one of his front windows. That
morning he heard the chirping of chicken,
and investigating found some of the eggs
Matching -Four chickens were Matched out,
and one of them is now alive and thriving
J. C. Williams, of the Willmore Lumber
Works, suffered very painful accident last
Da pNo,, 4ha
ing of a car with lumber, and by some care
less movement of an employee, Williams
was struck by by 6 scantling under the
chin, causing him to almost bite the end of
his tongue off. The unfortunate gentleman
proceeded at once to Macon to have his in
juries treated.
There is said to be movement on foot to
close the barrooms of Rome on Jan. / next.
AS Is already known several of the bar
rooms have licenses from the city until
next April, but the State licenses expire on
Jan. l. The advocates Of prohibition say
that the saloons cannot run after the first of
next year without violating the law, as it
will be impossible to have State licenses
granted after January.
The recent rains have, of course, dam
aged the growing cotton crops in Dougherty
county, more or less, and in some fields con-
siderable injury has ensued, but the pru-
dent conservative farmers estimate the in
jury as slight There will be, beyond per-
adventure, a fair crop harvested, and AL
bany will receive 20 per cent. more cotton
by wagon during the approaching season
than last The expectations of large re-
ceipts in August at Albany will not be re-
allied, as the wet weather has set back the
maturity some ten days.
The steamer Stewart came near meeting
with a serious accident one day last week on
her return trip from Abbeville At a point
near Grady's shoals the boat struck on a
rock, knocking hole in the hull under the
bow, through which the water began TO pour
at rapid rate, but fortunately it was soon
discovered and the pumps We're put TO work.
The water was thus kept checked until
plank could be nailed over the hole and the
leakage STOPPED, when she proceeded on her
way to Hawkinsville without further
trouble.
During the flood number of cattle on
Mansfield's farm in Bib county attempted
70 swim out of the swamp and coming to q
high barbed wire fence, il drove them back
They then swan over The bars and into the
yard, and found the hayloft SO near the
level of the water that they scrambled into
II. To-day when parties visited the farm
they found that the waters had receded.
leaving the cows high and dry on top of the
hay. They had subsisted ON this during the
days OF the overflow, and were apparently